Inha University is a private, co-educational university located in Incheon, South Korea. It is owned by Hanjin Group.
Inha University was
established by the first president of South Korea, Syngman Rhee. It is
a Korean-American collaboration school, even in its name: the Morpheme "In"
(인, 仁) comes from the city
of Incheon and
"Ha" (하, 荷) comes from Hawaii, USA. At first time, it started as a
technical college, named Inha Institute of Technology (IIT). Currently, Inha is
ranked 10th nationwide, and especially 4th in Engineering and Science, by JoongAng Ilbo's
annual ranking of South Korean universities. Inha is a member of GU8.
Establishment
In 1952, in the midst of
the Korean War, the first President of Korea, Syngman Rhee proposed
the foundation of an educational institute that would provide expertise and hope to a
lagging industrial
sector. The driving force behind the
proposal was the will and determination of a group of Koreanswho had emigrated to Hawaii 50
years earlier. Financial resources for the foundation came from the proceeds of
the sale of the Korea Christian Institute,[6] an
organization founded and managed by Dr. Rhee for the purpose of educating the
children of the original emigrants, donations from Korean emigrants in Hawaii
and domestic supporters, and a government subsidy. Incheon city donated
a school site and in February, 1954, construction began in earnest, to finally
have the Inha Institute of Technology opened later the same year.
Vision
Today, Inha University fosters professionals with academic skills
and a character befitting the school motto of Truth. Inha has already produced
as many as 120,000 graduates in
science, technology and industry. Inha currently educates 20,000 students,
while continuing efforts to become one of the top universities in the world. In
addition, Inha believes in a balanced education that includes the liberal arts.
Inha believes that the true purpose of a university, the development of human
spirits, lies not in the quantitative and external expansion, but in the
realization of human values and the nurturing of creativity.
Organization
Inha has 10 colleges in Engineering, Natural Science, Economics
and Trade, Business Administration, Education, Law, Social Science, Humanities,
Human Ecology, and Medicine, and 1 affiliation, 20 departments, 9 major fields
of study. Inha University’s Graduate school offers 47 fields of study for the
Master’s program and 41 for the Doctoral program. The Graduate School of
Education has 31 majors for its Master’s program and research course. The
Graduate School of Business Administration offers 1 Master’s program and 2
certificate courses and a part-time MBA program. The Graduate School of
Engineering offers 14 majors in its Master’s program and research courses. The
Graduate School of Public Administration has 3 majors in its Master’s program
and research courses. Founded in 2000, the Graduate School of Information
Technology and Telecommunications offers 1 major in its Master's program and the
expanded and reorganized Graduate School of International Trade and Logistics
now has 2 departments with 5 majors.
Colleges
Inha university consists
of 12 undergraduate colleges:
§ College of Engineering
§ College of Information Technology and
Engineering
§ College of Natural Science
§ College of Economics & International Trade
§ College of Business Administration
§ College of Education
§ College of Law
§ College of Social Sciences
§ College of Humanities
§ College of Human Ecology
§ College of Medicine
§ Arts and Sports
Graduate Schools
Inha has 9 graduate schools: Graduate School,
Graduate School of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Graduate
School of Logistics, Law School, School of Medicine, Graduate School of
Engineering, Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Business
Administration, Graduate School of Public Administration.
Attached Agencies
Inha university has 8
attached agencies which
are listed below:
§ Jung-Seok Memorial Library
§ Language Training Center
§ Center for Continuing Education
§ Inha Museum
§ Teachers Training Center
§ Infirmary
§ Jungseok Research Institute of International
Logistics and Trade
§ Christian Missionaries working to convert
non-religious and other regligious people to Christians
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